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Synonymy of Dipolydora armata

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Dipolydora armata as:    Polydora armata
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Langerhans 1881 (pages 93, illus. ?.)
  Record locality: Madeira Island
  Remarks:
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora armata Langerhans 1881]

Dipolydora armata as:    Polydora monilaris
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Ehlers 1904 (pages 43-44, illus. Pl.6,fig.5-14.)
  Record locality: French Pass, Elmslie Bay
  Remarks: coll Schauinsland
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora monilaris Ehlers 1904]

Dipolydora armata as:    Polydora armata
  Name used as: Nomenclatural change or comment by:  Day 1954 (pages 24-25, illus. .)
  Record locality: Tristan da Cunha
  Remarks: Brief description without figures. Day here is first (?) to synonymise P. monilaris into P. armata
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora armata Langerhans 1881]

Dipolydora armata as:    Polydora armata
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Rainer 1973 (pages 557-558, illus. Fig.7A-K.)
  Record locality: Otago Harbour channel
  Remarks: On Haliotis iris and Perna canaliculus shells. Has discussion of synonymy of Polydora monilaris
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora armata Langerhans 1881]

Dipolydora armata as:    Polydora armata
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Read 1975 (pages 412-413, illus. .)
  Record locality: Wellington coast
  Remarks: On Atrina zelandica, Haliotis iris
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora armata Langerhans 1881]

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